Rule of experts : Egypt, techno-politics, modernity
By: Mitchell, Timothy
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BookPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002Description: xiii, 413 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0520232615 (alk. paper); 0520232623 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Peasants -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century | Middle Eastern Studies -- politics -- anthropology | -- Economic policy | -- Economic conditions -- 1919-1952 | -- 1952- | -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 338.962 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Table of contents | Publisher description
Contents:
Para-sites of capitalism -- Can the mosquito speak? -- Principles true in every country -- The character of calculability -- Peasant studies -- The invention and reinvention of the peasant -- Nobody listens to a poor man -- Heritage and violence -- Fixing the economy -- The object of development -- The market's place -- Dreamland.
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Parts of the text previously published.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-401) and index.
Para-sites of capitalism -- Can the mosquito speak? -- Principles true in every country -- The character of calculability -- Peasant studies -- The invention and reinvention of the peasant -- Nobody listens to a poor man -- Heritage and violence -- Fixing the economy -- The object of development -- The market's place -- Dreamland.
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